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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

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INDIAN  LEGENDS 


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BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  INDIAN  LEGENDS 


(Books  indicated  “Supt.  of  Documents”  may  be  purchased  from  the 
Superintendent  of  Documents,  Government  Printing- 
Office,  Washington,  D.  C.) 


Adams,  Richard  C.: 

A  Delaware  Indian  Legend,  and  the  Story  of  their  Troubles. 
Washington:  1899.  72  pp.,  ill. 

Boaz,  Franz: 

Tsimshian  Mythology.  (Contained  in  31st  Annual  Report,  Bu¬ 
reau  of  Ethnology.)  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents  (cloth), 
$1.25. 

Brinton,  Daniel  G.: 

American  Hero-Myths.  Philadelphia:  Porter  &  Coates,  1882.  A 
study  in  the  native  religions  of  the  western  continent. 

Essays  of  an  Americanist.  Philadelphia:  Porter  &  Coates,  1890. 

489  pp.  (Pt.  2,  Mythology  and  Folklore.) 

The  Eenape  and  their  Legends;  with  the  complete  text  and  symbols 
of  the  Walam  Olum,  and  an  inquiry  into  its  authenticity. 
Philadelphia:  Porter  &  Coates,  1885.  (Vol.  5  of  Brinton ’s 
Library  of  Aboriginal  American  Literature.) 

.  Myths  of  the  New  World.  New  York:  Leypoldt  &  Holt,  1868. 
307  pp. 

Religions  of  Primitive  Peoples.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam’s  Sons, 
1904.  $1.50. 

Brownell,  Charles  DeWolf: 

The  Indian  Races  of  North  and  South  America.  Cincinnati: 
Morse  &  Gordon.  Hartford:  Lucius  Stebbins,  1853.  760  pp., 

ill. 

Bushnell,  David  I.: 

The  Choctaw  of  Bayou  Lacomb,  St.  Tammany  Parish,  Louisiana. 
(Published  as  Bulletin  48,  Bureau  of  Ethnology.)  Washing¬ 
ton:  G.  P.  O.  1909.  37  pp.,  ill.,  map.  For  sale  by  Supt.  of 

Documents  (cloth,)  40c. 


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Clarke,  Hyde: 

Researches  in  Prehistoric  and  Protohistoric  Comparative  Philology, 
Mythology,  and  Archaeology.  London:  N.  Trubner  &  Co., 
1875.  73  pp. 

Connelly,  W.  E.: 

Wyandotte  Folklore.  Topeka:  Crane  &  Co.,  1900.  25c. 

Converse,  Harriet  Maxwell: 

Iroquois  Myths  and  Legends.  New  York  State  Department,  Bul¬ 
letin  437. 

Curtin,  Jeremiah: 

Creation  Myths  of  Primitive  America.  Boston:  Lee  &  Shepard, 
1898. 

Curtis,  Edward  S.: 

Indian  Days  of  Long  Ago.  (Indian  Life  and  Lore.)  New  York: 
World  Book  Co.,  1914.  221  pp.,  ill. 

Cushing,  Frank  Hamilton:  * 

Outlines  of  Zuni  Creation  Myths.  (Contained  in  13th  Annual  Re¬ 
port  of  Bureau  of  Ethnology.) 

Zuni  Folk  Tales.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam’s  Sons,  1901.  474  pp. 

Dorsey,  George  A.: 

Mythology  of  the  Wichita.  (Carnegie  Institution,  Publication  21.) 
1904. 

Pawnee  Mythology.  (Carnegie  Institution  Publication.)  1906. 

Traditions  of  the  Arikara.  (Carnegie  Institution  Publication.  ) 
1904. 

Traditions  of  the  Caddo.  (Carnegie  institution  Publication.) 

Traditions  of  the  Osage.  (Field  Columbian  Museum,  Publication 
88.)  Chicago:  February,  1904.  60  pp. 

Dorsey,  George  A.,  and  Kroeber,  Allred  L.: 

Traditions  of  the  Arapaho,  collected  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Field  Columbian  Museum  and  of  the  American  Museum  of 
Natural  History.  (Field  Columbian  Museum,  Publication  81 . ) 
Chicago:  October,  1903.  475  pp. 

Dorsey,  James  Owen: 

Osage  Traditions.  (Contained  in  6tli  Annual  Report  of  Bureau  of 
Ethnology,  pp.  373-397.)  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents 
(cloth),  $1.30. 

Eastman,  Mary: 

Dalicotah ,  or  Life  and  Legends  of  the  Sioux.  New  York:  1849. 


Fewkes,  Jesse  Walter: 

Tusayan  Migration  Traditions.  (Contained  in  19th  Annual  Re¬ 
port  of  Bureau  of  Ethnology.)  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Docu¬ 
ments  (cloth),  $1.90. 

Gillette,  J.  M.: 

Introduction  to  Indian  Mythology.  (Contained  in  collections  of 
the  State  Historical  Society  of  North  Dakota,  Vol.  2,  Pt.  1, 
pp.  493-497.)  Bismarck,  N.  Dak.:  Tribune,  State  Printers 
and  Binders,  1908. 

Gilmore,  Melvin  Randolph: 

Prairie  Smoke.  1921.  Distributed  by  Author,  Bismarck,  N.  Dak. 

Goddard,  Pliny  Earle: 

Hupa  Texts.  (University  of  California  publications  in  American 
Archaeology  and  Ethnology,  Vol.  1,  No.  2.)  Berkeley,  Calif.: 
The  University  Press,  1904. 

Myths  and  Tales  from  the  San  Carlos  Apaches.  1918.  P'or  sale  b5r 
Librarian,  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York  City.  75c. 

Grinnell,  George  Bird: 

Blackfoot  Lodge  Tales.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner’s  Sons, 
1892. 

Blackfoot  Indian  Stories.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner’s  Sons, 
1892. 

Pawnee  Hero  Stories  and  Folk  Tales,  with  notes  on  the  origin, 
customs  and  character  of  the  Pawnee  people.  New  York: 
Charles  Scribner’s  Sons,  1889. 

Haskell  Institute  Pupils: 

Indian  Legends  and  Superstitions.  For  sale  by  Haskell  Printing- 
Department,  Lawrence,  Kans.  ‘  50c. 

Hentoh  (B.  N.  O.  Walker): 

Tales  of  the  Bark  Lodges.  Oklahoma  City:  The  Harlow  Publish¬ 
ing  Co.,  1919.  (Written  in  dialect  English.) 

Hodge,  F.  W.: 

The  Verification  of  a  Tradition.  Washington:  Judd  &  Detweiler, 
1897.  302  pp. 

Johnson,  Elias: 

Legends,  Traditions,  and  Laws  of  the  Iroquois,  or  Six  Nations, 
and  History  of  the  Tuscarora  Indians.  Lockport,  N.  Y.: 
Union  Publishing  Co.  234  pp.  1883.  For  sale  bj^  author 
(Pekin,  N.  Y.)  $1.50. 


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Jones,  Dr.  William: 

Fox  Texts.  (Published  by  the  American  Ethnological  Society. ) 

Judson,  Katherine  B.: 

Myths  and  Legends  of  California  and  the  Old  Southwest.  Chicago: 
A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co.,  1912. 

Myths  and  Legends  of  the  Pacific  Northwest,  especially  of  Wash¬ 
ington  and  Oregon.  Chicago:  A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co.,  1910. 

Myths  and  Legends  of  the  Great  Plains.  Chicago:  A.  C.  McClurg 
&  Co.,  1910. 

Kroeber,  Alfred  L.: 

Indian  Myths  of  South  Central  California.  (University  of  Cali¬ 
fornia  Publications  in  American  Archaeology  and  Ethnology, 
Vol.  4,  No.  4.)  Berkely,  Calif.:  The  University  Press.  1907. 

Gros  Ventres  Myths  and  Tales.  (Anthropological  Papers,  Amer¬ 
ican  Museum  of  Natural  History,  Vol.  1,  Pt.  3.)  New  York: 
1907. 

Leland,  Charles  G.:  * 

Algonquin  Legends  of  New  England.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin 
Co.,  1902.  $2. 

Leland,  Charles  G.,  and  Prince,  John  D.: 

Kulopas  the  Master,  and  other  Algonquin  Poems.  New  York: 
Funk  &  Wagnalls.  1902. 

Lowie,  Robert  H.: 

Myths  and  Traditions  of  the  Crow  Indians.  1918.  For  sale  by 
Librarian,  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York  City.  $3. 

Me  Allan,  Alexander: 

America’s  Place  in  Mythology.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.:  1910.  113  pp.  ill. 

McLaughlin,  Marie  L.: 

Myths  and  Legends  of  the  Sioux.  Distributed  by  John  M.  Carignan, 
Fort  Yates,  N.  Dak.  $1.25. 

Matthews,  Washington: 

Navajo  Legends.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin  Co.,  1897.  299  pp. 

Ill.  Map. 

Merriam,  C.  H.: 

The  Dawn  of  the  World;  myths  and  weird  tales  told  by  the  Mewan 
Indians  of  California.  Cleveland,  O.:  The  Arthur  H.  Clark 
Co.,  1910.  $3.50. 

Mooney,  James: 

Myths  of  the  Cherokees.  (Contained  in  the  19tli  Annual  Report 
of  Bureau  of  Ethnology.)  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents 
(cloth),  $1.40. 


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Parker,  Arthur  C.: 

The  Constitution  of  the  Five  Nations.  (New  York  State  Museum, 
Bulletin  184.)  Albany:  University  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
April  1,  1916.  158  pp.  Bibliography.  Ill. 

Pogue,  J.  E.: 

Turquois,  study  of  its  history,  mineralogy,  geology,  ethnology, 
archaeology,  mythology,  folklore,  and  technology.  (National 
Academy  of  Sciences,  Vol.  12,  3d  memoir.)  1915.  206  pp. 

22  plates.  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents  (cloth),  $1. 

Sanborn,  J.  W.: 

Legends,  customs  and  Social  Life  of  the  Seneca  Indians.  Gow- 
anda,  N.  Y.,  1878. 

Simms,  S.  C.: 

Traditions  of  the  Crows.  (Field  Columbian  Museum,  Publication 
85.)  Chicago:  October,  1903.  pp.  281-324.* 

Skinner,  Charles  M.: 

Myths  and  Legends  of  Our  Own  Land.  Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lip- 
pincott  Co.,  1896.  2  vols.  318  and  335  pp.  (Legends  of 

different  sections  of  the  country.) 

Smith,  Erminnie  A. 

Myths  of  the  Iroquois.  (Contained  in  2d  Bureau  of  Ethnology 
Report.)  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents  (cloth),  $1.15. 

Stevenson,  Matilda  Coxe: 

The  Zuni  Indians,  their  mythology,  esoteric  fraternities,  and  cere¬ 
monies.  (Contained  in  23d  Bureau  of  Ethnology  Report.) 
For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents  (cloth),  $2.50. 

The  Sia.  (Contained  in  11th  Annual  Report  Bureau  of  Ethnology.) 
pp.  3-157.  Ill.  (Includes  rain  ceremonials,  songs,  myths, 
etc.,  of  the  Pueblos.) 

S wanton,  John  R.: 

Haida  Texts  and  Myths.  (Bulletin  29,  Bureau  of  Ethnology.) 

1905.  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents  (cloth),  40c. 

Tlingit  Myths  and  texts.  (Bulletin  39,  Bureau  of  Ethnology.) 
1909.  For  sale  by  Supt.  of  Documents  (cloth),  50c. 


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